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Nov 15, 2025| Lung Diseases

Updates in IPF Chronic Cough From CHEST 2025

Philip Molyneaux, MD, PhD, a Professor of Interstitial…
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Consider Rare: Suspecting and Diagnosing Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Dr Ellen Elias and Dr Christian Scott discuss Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, an ultra-rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormal bone development.

Neuroblastoma: Overview, Curie Scores, and Treatment Options

Greg Yanik, MD, provides an overview of this rare childhood cancer, goals of therapy, using the Curie score, and immunotherapy treatments.

Consider Rare: Suspecting and Diagnosing Hereditary Angioedema

Dr Jonathan A Bernstein discusses Hereditary Angioedema, a rare condition often due to reduced levels C1-inhibitor, which is a protein involved in various physiological processes in plasma, most notably with the complement system.

Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC): Diagnosing, Treating, Monitoring

This educational program, hosted by Patrick McKiernan and Nadia Ovchinsky, discusses the recently published guidance on best practices to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

Optimizing Therapeutic Proteins Through PEGylation: Key Parameters and Impacts

The session will delve into the process of PEGylation, where polyethylene glycol (PEG) is conjugated to functional amino acid groups on the protein surface. This modification may enhance the properties of therapeutic proteins, offering advantages in stability, half-life, and immunogenicity.

Rett Syndrome

Rett syndrome is a multisystem disorder that primarily affects girls. Only in rare cases are boys affected (who may experience more severe symptoms). Multiple loss-of-function mutations to the MECP2 gene are the cause of Rett syndrome.

Fabry Disease Research Highlights

Fabry disease, an inherited lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the GLA gene.

Hematologic Malignancies and Clinical Trial Participation: A Shared Decision-Making Approach

This 30-minute, CME-accredited program, hosted by John Kuruvilla, MD, explores best practices for discussing possible clinical trial participation with patients who have hematologic malignancies.

Improving Health Equity in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE): A Panel Discussion

This panel discussion by three clinical research leaders in HAE, Drs. Aleena Banerji, Timothy Craig, and Marc Riedl, provide an overview of the discrepancies in care observed in certain patient populations, as well as a discussion on best practices to reduce those inequalities moving forward.

PAH Clinical Research Highlights: CHEST 2024

Dr Jean Elwing discusses Pulmonary Arterial Hypertensions (PAH), a rare disorder characterized by high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. Symptoms of PAH include shortness of breath (dyspnea) especially during exercise, chest pain, and fainting episodes.

Learn About WHIM Syndrome

WHIM syndrome is a rare, congenital primary immunodeficiency disorder associated with neutropenia that typically presents in childhood or adolescence, predominantly caused by pathogenic variants in the CXCR4 chemokine receptor gene.

 

Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a rare childhood cancer, but it is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. It is a neuroendocrine tumor that originates in neuroblasts or neural crest progenitor cells.

Epigenetic and Epigenomics Signature in Lysosomal Disorders Pathology

Lysosomal storage diseases are a group of approximately 50 rare inherited metabolic diseases that are characterized by an abnormal build-up of various toxic materials in the body’s cells as a result of enzyme deficiencies.

Transforming Clinical Outcomes with Early Treatment of Lysosomal Disorders

This CME program examines the evidence available to address how to monitor, and possibly treat, children with lysosomal diseases that were diagnosed by newborn screening or soon after birth.

Epigenetic Modifiers as Therapeutic Targets

Gaucher disease (GD) is a genetic disorder in which glucocerebroside accumulates in cells and certain organs. The disorder is characterized by bruising, fatigue, anemia, low blood platelet count and enlargement of the liver and spleen, and is caused by a hereditary deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, which acts on glucocerebroside.

Understanding the Global Differences in Lysosomal Disorders for Patient Care

Lysosomal storage diseases are a group of approximately 50 rare inherited metabolic diseases that are characterized by an abnormal build-up of various toxic materials in the body’s cells as a result of enzyme deficiencies.

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma belongs to the non-Hodgkin lymphoma class of hematologic T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a rare group of malignancies, with an incidence of 6.4 cases per 1 million people.

Overview of Epigenetics and Epigenomics in Lysosomal Disorders

Nahid Tayebi, PhD, Andrew Lieberman, MD, PhD, Andrés D. Klein, PhD, and David Smerkous, AI PhD discuss Lysosomal storage diseases, a rare inherited metabolic disease that is characterized by an abnormal build-up of various toxic materials in the body’s cells.

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EPIC Clinical Trial Design: Nipocalimab Versus Efgartigimod in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis

Efficacy of Nipocalimab in Generalized and Ocular gMG: Long-Term Outcomes and VIVACITY-MG3 Findings

New Educational Program: recently published guidance on best practices to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients with PFIC and why the new guidance recommends the early use of IBAT inhibitors.

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CME: Fabry Disease Research Highlights

Learn more at https://checkrare.com/learning/p-fabry-disease-research-highlights-2025/

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📢CME Program: Jean Elwing, MD, of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine provides an overview of the latest clinical research about PAH presented at CHEST 2024.

https://checkrare.com/learning/p-pah-clinical-research-highlights-chest-2024/

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Philip Molyneaux, MD, PhD, discusses new data in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from the CHEST 2025 meeting.

https://checkrare.com/updates-in-refractory-chronic-cough-from-ers-2025/

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Neuroblastoma is a rare childhood cancer, but it is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children.

Learn more on our Learning Page at https://checkrare.com/neuroblastoma/

#CheckRare #Neuroblastoma #RareCancer

The theme of the #BioNJ meeting was to educate, engage, and empower patients.

The #CheckRare team enjoyed the different perspectives in the health literacy session, as a part of the 'educate' theme.

CME: Hemophilia Clinical Research Highlights: ISTH 2025

Learn more at https://checkrare.com/learning/p-isth2025-module1-hemophilia-clinical-research-highlights/

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Great morning sessions at #GRIDS2025. Including the keynote presentation by Dr Behzad Najafian on the emerging impact that AI is having in managing lysosomal disorders. @ldrtc_usa